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The World's Largest Belt Buckle was unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 21 at the Grandstand in Eisenhower Park. The buckle stands at 19 feet 10.5 inches wide, and 13 feet 11.25 inches tall. Jayshaun Jones. At 19 feet 10 1/2 inches wide and 13 feet 11 1/4 inches tall (not including the frame), Abilene, Kansas is now home to the World's Largest Belt ...Kenneth Lee Facklam. Feb 23, 2023. 0. Kenneth Lee Facklam, 95, passed away in Abilene Feb. 18. Kenneth was born in Enterprise, Kansas, March 5, 1927 to Charles and Grace (Bender) Facklam. He attended Enterprise grade school and high school and was in the graduating class of 1946. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1948 and served until 1952.
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Ryleigh Farson, Abilene High School freshman, was in an utility terrain vehicle accident July 30 outside her family home. Farson spent three weeks in the hospital undergoing several surgeries and will be entering a new journey of getting a prosthetic towards the end of the year. The accident was a cause of an overcorrection where the UTV flipped.Abilene Reflector-Chronicle. To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. Most Popular Articles; Images; Videos; Commented; Articles. Abilene freshman adjusting to life after UTV accident; Elizabeth Wischer; Great Plains expands Abilene-West location; Quiet contemplation results in answers, book for local rancher ...Kathy Hageman. The Kansas Press Association has selected longtime Abilene Reflector-Chronicle reporter and former editor Kathy Hageman for the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is Nov. 2 at which time Hageman will take her place alongside notable Kansas journalists and industry leaders such as William Allen White and former ...Cecilia Marie Barlow-Rogers, age 66, died June 25th 2022. She was born February 29th, 1956 to Kenneth and Kathryn (Martsolf) Houlton. Cecilia attended Abilene schools and graduated from Abilene High School in 1974. Cecilia married James Barlow October of1974. Of this union 3 children were born; Dennis and twins Christopher and …Oct 17, 2023 · Reflector-Chronicle Staff. Oct 17, 2023 Updated Oct 17, 2023. 0. Rebecca Perkins. Editor’s note: The Nov. 7 general election features a race for three seats on the Abilene City Commission. The Reflector-Chronicle reached out to each candidate for a Q&A. Rebecca Perkins’ answers are the fourth in this series. Perkins is one of five candidates. Abilene's city staff finished presenting their proposed budget for 2024 during the Abilene City Commission's meeting July 24. The staff covered the non-tax funded levied funds and non-budgeted funds. The revenue for the City of Abilene water funds have $359,328 less carryover than in 2023. The water revenue is relatively the same otherwise.Bradford Built was asking for the city of Abilene to issue $6.5 million in industrial revenue bonds for a manufacturing facility in the 2100 block of N.W. 14th Street. The bonds would have allowed for 100 percent property tax exemption for 10 years. The city was also asked to provide a temporary street access to a point approximately halfway up ...Tim Horan, Reflector-Chronicle. A 7-year-old student at St. Andrew's Elementary School was killed early Wednesday morning while crossing the road to board a school bus. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman said Cecilia Graf died as a result of injuries in a crash in the 1100 block of 2200 Avenue, just west of Jeep Road, at 7 a.m.Jim Smart. The nicest thing about writing your own obituary is the fact that someone else can’t include all the dumb stuff you did! I was born Feb. 18, 1935, on a farm in Republic County. My sister, Patsy, was born 18 months earlier. Our parents were Melvin and Pearl Smart, both county school teachers.For Reflector-Chronicle The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Committee have 111 open granite markers at the Veterans Memorial in the Abilene Cemetery. For $200, anyone can buy a brick marker to be engraved with a veteran's full name, rank, unit and service dates.A community effort is underway in Hope to create a non-profit childcare center.The Kansas Promise Scholarship act is available at all Kansas Community Colleges. It is a first come first serve scholarship with no deadline.Abilene, KS (67410) Today. A mainly sunny sky. High 81F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph.. TonightHeavy equipment has broken ground in the Golden Belt Heights April 26 for the construction of two new single family homes. Ron Marsh, city manager, announced during the April 25The commission approved the survey of the Abilene Municipal Airport runway in a 4-0 vote. Kollhoff abstained from voting, as his belief is the item should have first been considered in a study session before a vote was made, he said. Ron Marsh, city manager, said the Federal Aviation Administration Planning staff discovered a safety flaw recently.Road to Sobriety: Drugs proved ineffective way to ease pain. Cheyenne Hogan works in The Cedar House greenhouse as part of her continued recovery from drug addiction. The greenhouse is a place of peace and respite for her and other women who are working toward their goal of sobriety. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part six of an eight-part series of ...Dallas Pryor rocked out at Old Abilene Town on Saturday, July 24. People got to enjoy red dirt country music while drinking a nice cold beer. AJ Raaska - Reflector-Chronicle. On Saturday, The Lazy Wayne Band came back to their hometown to perform at Old Abilene Town. Even with the heat, front man Dallas Pryor made sure the show went on and kept ...Herington City Commissioners have accepted the resignation of City Manager Branden Dross. The commissioners discussed moving forward, first with the hiring of an interim city manager, at their Dec. 6 meeting. Dross submitted his letter of resignation Nov. 26, which has given commissioners time to consider potential interim managers.8 hours ago · Chapman pounds Clearwater 38-13. CHAPMAN – The Chapman Fighting Irish scored in each quarter and racked up more than 400 yards of total offense as it wrapped the regular season with a 38-13 pounding of Clearwater Friday night in Chapman. The Irish led 8-0 after the opening quarter and took a 24-6 advantage to the break. Browse Abilene local obituaries on Legacy.com. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one.Full-staff is 18 correction officers, including a captain, a lieutenant and four sergeants, which allows four people per shift. Bringing the jail to full staff required a multi-prong approach, said Dickinson County Sheriff Jerry Davis. "Right after I took office, one of the county commissioners stopped me downstairs and said he wanted to talk ...Anyone in the general public can schedule a ride with OCCK's Public Transportation service in Abilene, GoAbilene, or Regional Paratransit (if outside of Abilene city limits) during normal operating hours by calling 785-826-1583 and pressing option 1. "West's Country Mart is proud to be partnered with OCCK transportation.The Quality of Life Coalition is nearing its final year of phase two of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant. The first phase was from 2018 through 2020 and Dickinson County was on the receiving end of $400,000. The second phase runs four years and started August 2020 and will end July 2024.Kristen Ann Teeters. editor. Aug 23, 2021 Updated Aug 23Nov 7, 2022 Updated Nov 7, 2022. 0. Merlin D. Moorman, 91 of Impact the Cure is an annual Breast Cancer Awareness event in Abilene hosted by Impact Sports and Fitness of Abilene. The walk will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 1, starting and ending at Old Abilene Town, 201 SE. 5th Street, and is open to people of all ages and fitness levels. Walk day registration and packet pick-up will begin at ...Although difficult to see, a metal phone booth was located next to the pillar on Viola Corner, which got its name from the number of businesses owned by the Viola family that existed for decades at Third and Buckeye. This photo was taken 60 years ago on Sept. 13, 1963. Once upon a time, Abilene was full of phone booths and pay phones. Abilene (Kan.) Reflector-Chronicle | 22 followers on Linked Esteban “Steve” Anguiano, 84, of Abilene, KS passed away on April 2, 2022. Steve was born at his childhood home in Manchester, KS on December 26, 1937 via a midwife. Steve is the second oldest of ten children, five boys and five girls, born to Silvestre Anguiano and Maria “Mary” Garcia Anguiano. Steve attended Manchester Grade School ... Wind farm talks. A bridge that has been in need of re
Wind farm talks. A bridge that has been in need of repair for a couple years is finally getting the needed upgrade. L&M Construction from Great Bend was awarded the $1.2 million bid by Dickinson County commissioners for repairs at the bridge over Mud Creek just south of Talmage. The bridge work is expected to start Monday and last four months.Lydia Kautz Abilene Reflector-Chronicle. editor. Author email; Feb 15, 2022 Feb 15, 2022 Updated Feb 15, 2022; 0; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; The Brookville Hotel of Abilene was purchased by Chuck and Deanna Munson in a bankruptcy sale Monday. Kim Maguire • Reflector-Chronicle Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email;Heritage Homes Association receives grant. Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County, the Heritage Homes Association is preparing to celebrate and share Abilene’s historic properties in a new way. The grant, in partnership with the Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau, will help the organization develop a new ...Oct 17, 2022 Updated Oct 17, 2022. 0. Marissa Danielle (Kelley) Taylor of Enterprise, Kansas sadly passed away on October 4th, 2022 at The Good Shepherd House in Manhattan, Kansas. Marissa was born November 6, 1978 in Salina Kansas to Edwin W. and Judith A. Kelley. She leaves behind her two children, Luke and Grace, who were the Love of her Life!
The 2022 Ms. Wheelchair Kansas (MWKS) recently attended the Ms. Wheelchair America event where she competed for the national title. Marci Clare joined with 20 other women vying for the opportunity to represent women who are wheelchair mobile in the United States.Special to the Reflector-Chronicle. Mar 6, 2023. 0. Abilene resident, Chapman alum, Devin Hanney receiving the Oscar Stauffer Sportscaster of the Year Award at the 2019 State Basketball Tournament in Salina. Hanney (right) is the radio voice of Southeast of Saline High School. He was formerly the Voice of the Cowboys on KABI radio.…
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The 10th anniversary of #GivingTuesday is Nov. 29. The idea, born a decade ago at Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, was to designate oneMichael James Wheeler, Vermont native, played a song he wrote about Abilene in the Alamo Saloon Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon at around 1 p.m., Michael James Wheeler. Walked into the Visitor’s Center at the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau. A few minutes after entering, Julie Roller-Weeks, director of the CVB, approached Wheeler.Ed Boice • Reflector-Chronicle. The Abilene City Commission discussed Monday about adding Little Ike Park to the list of other city properties in a city ordinance that gives the city manager authorization to approve applications for the temporary consumption of alcohol. Ed Boice
Sherri Rae Kohman. Sherri Rae Kohman, 68 of Abilene, KS, entered into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma after battling COVID-19 for several weeks. She was born June 9, 1953 in Satanta, KS the daughter of Gale and Betty Jo (Unger) Young. She graduated from Satanta High School and received ...2023 AHS football jamboree. Brad Anderson. Aug 29, 2023. 0. Senior wide receiver Brax Fisher (0) catches a touchdown pass from Stockton Timbrook at the jamboree in Abilene. Brad Anderson. Senior running back Zach Miller (26) hits the gap made by the blockers for a run in the football Jamboree on Friday. Brad Anderson.Ed Boice, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle, Kan. Jan. 28—Delta-8 THC — one of the 100 plus cannabinoids found in cannabis plants according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association — has been a hot-button topic in Kansas because of how unclear state legislation is on the cannabinoid. For store owners in Abilene, they are handling the …
Herington Hospital may close. Reflector-Chro Jackie Bernice Meuli went to her heavenly home on Thursday November 10, 2022. She was born in Abilene, Kansas to Jacob & Gladys Rittgers on December 29, 1951. She attended Abilene schools and graduated from Abilene High School in 1969. After a whirlwind romance (less than three months), she married Steve Meuli in 1971.After a half century, archivist eyes retirement. Gail Parsons. Mar 24, 2023. 0. 1 of 2. Linda Smith, archives specialist, poses in front of a portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Eisenhower Library, where she has worked for 51 years. Smith started working at the library as a clerk stenographer when she was 19 years old and will ... Oct 8, 2023 · Browse Abilene local obituaries on Legacy.com. Find Special to the Reflector-Chronicle. May 18, 201 Coalition hears about successful programs. Gail Parsons. Mar 31, 2023. 0. 1 of 2. Alison Davis-Web and Catrina Kennedy with Care Portal, spoke one-on-one to participants at the March 28 Cares Coalition meeting about how the online platform helps children stay out of foster care or return home if they were removed from the house. Gail Parsons. Abilene Reflector-Chronicle obits are an excellent source of Advertisement Isaac Newton developed the reflector about 1680, in response to the chromatic aberration (rainbow halo) problem that plagued refractors during his time. Instead of using a lens to gather light, Newton used a curved, metal mirr... Increased wait times: Labor shortages affe0. A large number of candidates filed for Dickinson Cwww.Reflector.com 1150 Sugg Pkwy Greenville, NC 278 The June 3, June 4, June 9 and June 10 shows will start at 7:30 p.m. The June 5, June 8 and June 12 shows will start at 2 p.m. The Saturdays of June 4 and June 11 will have shows at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The show is about Ren McCormack, played by Carson Zoch, bringing dance back to the small town of Bomont. The Reverend Shaw Moore, … At the end of discussion, the commission approved the pu Nov 7, 2022 Updated Nov 7, 2022. 0. Merlin D. Moorman, 91 of Solomon passed away November 4, 2022 at the Smoky Hill Rehabilitation Center in Salina. He was born April 9, 1931 in Abilene, the son of William and Anna (Shirack) Moorman. He attended the local school district in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High School in 1949. Although difficult to see, a metal phone bShe attended Abilene High School. She married Lloyd Dean El Sharing Shelves Free Store’s first day open is June 21 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. They are at 307 N. Cedar St. For more information, visit their Facebook page. “Everybody needs money, and things are just costing more. We’re seeing, just in the world in general or the United States, that people who used to do OK and not need certain services ...Aug 30, 2023 · Aug 30, 2023. 0. Nancy Hunt. Nancy J. Hunt of Detroit, Kansas, passed away Aug. 24 at her home. Nancy was born on Aug. 8, 1963, in Carroll, Iowa, daughter of Doyle Hunt and Wanda Constable Hunt. Nancy graduated from Glidden-Ralston High School, Glidden, Iowa, in 1981. She attended Cloud County Community College to further her education.